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Comet Encke

periodic comet
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Comet Encke
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Facts

23 properties
Instance of
Encke-type comet, near-Earth object[5]
Absolute magnitude
+15.6
Albedo
+0.046
Apoapsis
+4.101429140927664
Argument of periapsis
+187.1342463695869
Child astronomical body
Taurids[8]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
Diameter
+4.8
Discoverer or inventor
Pierre Méchain, Caroline Herschel, Jean-Louis Pons[2][3][4]
Epoch
September 25, 2022
Longitude of ascending node
+334.1935846036845
Mean anomaly
+243.1260693208598
Named after
Johann Franz Encke[6]
Orbital eccentricity
+0.8477496967526817
Orbital inclination
+11.41227811179271
Orbital period
+1207.915450928053
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+0.3379482792236689
Provisional designation
1994 V, 1990 XXI, 1987 XIII, 1984 VI, 1980 XI, 1977 XI, 1974 V, 1971 II, 1967h, 1964 IV, 1960i, 1957c, 1954 IX, 1951 III, 1947 XI, 1941b, 1937 VI, 1934 III, 1931 II, 1927h, 1924 III, 1921 IV, 1918 I, 1914d, 1911 III, 1908b, 1905 I, 1901 II, 1898 III, 1895 I, 1891 III, 1888 II, 1884d, 1881 VII, 1878 II, 1875 II, 1871c, 1868 III, 1865 II, 1862 I, 1858 VIII, 1855 III, 1852 I, 1848 II, 1845 IV, 1842 I, 1838, 1835 II, 1832 I, 1829, 1825 III, 2P/1822 L1, 1822 II, 2P/1818 W1, 1819 I, 2P/1805 U1, 1805, 2P/1795 V1, 1795, 2P/1786 B1, 1786 I, 1967 XIII, 1957 VIII, 1953f, 1950e, 1941 V, 1934a, 1928 II, 1917c, 1908 I, 1904b, 1901b, 1894d, 1888b, 1885 I, 1878c, 1875a, 1961 I, 1947i, 1937h, 1911d, 1898d, 1881d, 1963h, 1921d, 1914 VI, 1970l, 1931a, 1924b, 1891c, 1871 V[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Rotation period
+11.083
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.219688710075666
Time of discovery or invention
January 17, 1786
Time of periapsis
+2460239.64951855
🏷️ Also known as
en 2P/Encke en Encke's Comet en Comet Encke en 2P/Encke comet ar مذنب إنكي cs Comet Encke da Enckes komet de Enckescher Komet el Κομήτης του Ένκε fa دنباله‌دار انکه fr Comète de Encke he שביט אנקה hu Encke-üstökös id Komet Encke it Cometa Encke it 2P/Encke ja エンケ彗星 ko 엥케 혜성 nl Komeet Encke pl 2P/Encke
🔖 Identifiers · 17
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85042986
GND ID
1163250864
Bing entity ID
262009d1-da0d-1043-c7e3-ec7cab9f76a8
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Enckes-Comet
Freebase ID
/m/02flh1
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
cometa-dencke
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0023996
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Enckes_komet
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
1000025
Minor Planet Center body ID
2P
NAIF ID
1000025
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007543345005171
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ScienceDirect topic ID
earth-and-planetary-sciences/encke-comet, physics-and-astronomy/encke-comet
Wellcome Collection concept ID
saaeje62
WikiKids ID
Komeet_Encke
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Comet", "Comet2PEncke"]
Yale LUX ID
place/da31f151-b6ea-43bc-b80f-3592f2219073

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 3
Caroline Herschel, Pierre Méchain, Jean-Louis Pons
Child astronomical body 1
Taurids
Epoch 1
September 25, 2022
Instance of 1
near-Earth object
Named after 1
Johann Franz Encke
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
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Summary

Comet Encke is an Encke-type comet[1].

Related Entities

Caroline Herschel Johann Franz Encke Pierre Méchain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Kwamikagami · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Astronomic symbol image → Comet Encke symbol (fixed width).svg
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'be_x_old', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'f
    GND ID → 1163250864
    Sitelink count → 43
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Astronomic symbol image: Comet Encke symbol (fixed width).svg"
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